The crew of the doomed Bayesian superyacht were ‘unaware’ of its ‘vulnerabilities’ to extreme winds which caused it to ‘violently’ knock over and sink, British investigators have said.
The 184ft vessel capsized off the coast of Sicily last August killing seven including its British billionaire owner Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said the £30million yacht was fatally compromised when 80.6mph winds struck its beam, causing it to heel violently to a 90-degree angle.
Preliminary investigations shows that wind speeds of 63.4 knots (73mph) directly on the vessel’s beam would ‘likely result in the vessel capsizing’.
The interim report that ‘vulnerabilities’ were ‘unknown to either the owner or the crew of Bayesian’ as they were not included in the stability information book carried on board.
